Snipe, Texas

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Snipe, Texas
Unincorporated community
Oyster Creek at the FM 290 bridge
Oyster Creek at the FM 290 bridge
Snipe is located in Texas
Snipe
Snipe
Location within the state of Texas
Coordinates: 29°07′25″N 95°28′56″W / 29.12361°N 95.48222°W / 29.12361; -95.48222Coordinates: 29°07′25″N 95°28′56″W / 29.12361°N 95.48222°W / 29.12361; -95.48222
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyBrazoria
Elevation
30 ft (9 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
77515
Area code(s)979
GNIS feature ID1380567[1]

Snipe is an unincorporated community in central Brazoria County, Texas, United States. It was formerly a distinct community. The location of Snipe is 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Angleton on the Union Pacific Railroad and Oyster Creek. Raymond Weems, Snipe's first postmaster, named Snipe after a facetious reference made about the place by his father's hunting partner.[2]

A post office operated in Snipe from 1921 to 1949; the post office served the Retrieve Prison Farm (now the Wayne Scott Unit).[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Snipe, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ a b "Snipe, Texas." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.

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